Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jun 28, 1962 (8 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on June 28, 1962 near Mt Puncak Jaya Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with 8 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft...
- Date: June 28, 1962
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Mt Puncak Jaya Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft struck the slope of Puncak Jaya while en route; the official cause was not established.
A Royal Netherlands Air Force Douglas C 47 disappeared on 28 June 1962 on a flight from Merauke to Biak in Dutch New Guinea with eight people on board. Searches found nothing, and the wreckage was found by chance in 1969 on the side of Puncak Jaya at about 4,160 metres. The remains of those on board were recovered in 1991.